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AutoTrackfor Highway Design
AutoTrack has been the leading vehicle swept path analysis
program since the late 80’s running first on 16-bit Windows 3.1 and
then on 32-bit Windows 95 right up to Windows XP. Now, with Windows
Vista, we’ve taken another giant step to 64-bit processing. What’s
more, close collaboration with Autodesk means that AutoTrack 8 is
also fully natively compatible with both the 32 and 64-bit versions
of AutoCAD 2009. Features • Multiple camera angles in 3D animations
New in v8.0
3D Animations provide so much greater insight into a manoeuvre
than a
static 2D image. The beauty of our system is that it works ‘out
of the box’;
everything is automatic from the creation of the 3D vehicle
shape to the
viewpoint which, by the way, can be a drivers eye view. Now you
can even
save camera positions and switch between them during playback.
(Note: 3D
animation only available in AutoCAD versions).
• Acceleration and deceleration in animation New in v8.0 Now
your animations can be even more realistic with acceleration
and
deceleration at the start and end of your paths and at all
changes of speed.
• Wing mirrors New in v8.0 Add wing mirrors when needed with a
single check box. It’s now really quick
and easy to see if, and how, they affect the space required.
• Partial self steering and direction New in v8.0 Self-steered
axles can now be specified in one direction only and the new
self-steering friction
factor let’s you model partial self-steering.
• Full width tyre tracks New in v8.0 Check the path of the inner
wheels by enabling full width tyre tracks.
• Predictive Turning (not available in Lite version) Until now
deciding where to place target points in AutoDrive has required a
certain amount of
guesswork; now, Predictive Turning gives you a glimpse into the
future so you can see where the
vehicle will be able to get on the next step before you’ve even
confirmed the current one. It’s
been nicknamed ‘the cat’s whiskers’ and so it is!
• Library Explorer data sorting Find a suitable vehicle quickly
with sortable data columns in the Library Explorer. And you can
decide which data is relevant to you and display only those
columns. It’s even possible to
compare vehicles in different libraries.
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• AutoDrive Side & Exit overturns (not available in Lite
version) AutoDrive allows you to turn through a smooth user
definable arc, through a given angle or onto
a specified bearing. Now you can add editable overturns with
side and/or exit offsets. Unlike
other systems, these overturns can be dynamically edited to fine
tune them without redoing the
manoeuvre.
• Vertical Clearance mode (not available in Lite version) The
unique vertical clearance mode takes AutoTrack way ahead of even
its closest rivals. Now
you can check ground clearance and headroom with just a few
mouse clicks. Select the vehicle
and set the ground clearance and overall height, then select a
polyline representing the road
profile, and AutoTrack does the rest. AutoTrack stops the
analysis if vertical articulation angles
are exceeded.
• Advanced vehicle modelling capabilities AutoTrack allows
individual axle geometry no matter how
many axles and any axle can be self-steered or retracted. It
can also model Pendel axles and Independent (or Tandem)
bogies as used on many heavy load movers. It is the only
program to support steering linkages that vary with speed
and articulation angle.
• Dynamic editing Dynamic editing is an incredibly powerful
feature that is
unique to AutoTrack. It allows changes to be made to the
path alignments as the project develops, using the original
settings and vehicle capabilities, without having to
regenerate
the entire path. And because the path is recalculated
dynamically it avoids the potential distortions introduced
by
scaling or stretching.
• Template Wizard The Template Wizard generates templates of any
vehicle turning any angle at any
radius. And now you can even specify the transition criteria and
add side and/or
exit overturns. Templates may be inserted in the drawing,
printed or saved to
disk for use later.
• Support for AutoCAD 2009 and MicroStation XM AutoTrack is
supplied with versions for all versions of AutoCAD from AutoCAD 14
to the 64-bit
AutoCAD 2009 (including vertical derivatives) and all versions
of MicroStation from 95 to XM. If
you don’t have either system then there’s a stand-alone version
too!
• National design vehicles standards included AutoTrack includes
national design vehicle standards for UK, US, Canada, Australia,
New Zealand,
Sweden, Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Germany, Austria
& Switzerland.
• Vehicle Wizard The vehicle wizard is just one of two editors
built in to AutoTrack. It takes you through the
process of vehicle definition or editing in a logical sequence.
• Easy to use
Features such as the Introduction screen and the run-time tutor
guide you through the program
and help you to be productive as quickly as possible. The skill
level controls how many prompts
you see and can be set according to level of expertise,
automatically adjusting as you improve.
And the multimedia tutorial shows you rather than tells you how
to do things.
Benefits • Able to model almost any steered vehicle • Very fast
to generate swept paths allowing “what-if” type analyses • Movie
file output for presentation to non-AutoTrack users (now in 3D
too!) • Recognised by virtually every local and regional authority
in the UK • AutoTrack data is portable between AutoCAD,
MicroStation or stand-alone versions • Single user and network user
licences available
“Awesome” Roger Weld
New York State DoT
16-Apr-08
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